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Sep 11, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Cartoonist jailed on sedition charges: "An Indian cartoonist detained on sedition charges for his satirical drawings highlighting widespread corruption among India’s political elite has been jailed for two weeks, rekindling a fierce debate on freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy."
Sep 10, 2012 10 ways how doctors in India loot patients: "I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said 1) 40-60% kickbacks for lab tests."
Sep 10, 2012 Gulags like Gurap: "During her two years at the Gurap home for women, Gayatri Devi saw a friend get murdered, many others die to be clandestinely taken away for burial, children denied milk and enough food, and women made to “pay” electricians and plumbers with their bodies."
Sep 10, 2012 Bizarre Sedition Charge Against Anti-Corruption Cartoonist: "Trivedi has for the moment refused to hire a lawyer and does not intend to apply for bail: "I want to first see how a British-era law like sedition is going to be applied against a cartoonist in free India.""
Sep 10, 2012 Cartoonist's arrest: 'Politicians are creating climate of fear': "Famous cartoonist Hemant Morparia has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi saying that his arrest is a proof of the increasing high-handedness of the state."
Sep 10, 2012 Woman gang-raped by policemen in Uttarakhand: "she was molested by a group of policemen who stopped the car in which she was travelling along with acquaintances in Roorkee's Gangnahar area on Saturday night. Two of the police constables later gang-raped her, she alleged."
Sep 9, 2012 Cartoonist targets corruption, sent to police custody
Sep 9, 2012 Hyde And Seek Dabbu-dabbu-dabbu. That’s Hyderabad talk for how the city’s become the scam capital.: "going by the number of VIPs currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, the joke is the police will soon be placing orders for gilded plates of biriyani. There are at least 10 “special” prisoners, all accused in various scams—Jaganmohan Reddy, of course, remains the star visitor, followed closely by industrialists, bureaucrats, a former minister and now judges as well."
Sep 9, 2012 After men, society raped me, again and again: "While seeking justice, rape victims battle a system that is often prejudiced against them at every step."
Sep 9, 2012 गर्भाशय कांड: जवाब ढूंढती सरकार..: "हालांकि कुछ प्रभावित ग्रामीण इलाक़ों में घूमते हुए ज़्यादातर लोगों से मैंने यही सुना कि योजनाओं को लूट से बचाने वाला नहीं, लूट मचाने वाला ज़्यादा ताक़तवर हो गया है."
Sep 9, 2012 जेल में हैं तो क्या हुआ, हम वीआईपी हैं...: "वकीलों ने उन्हें अदालत से विशेष कैदी का दर्जा दिलवाया है जिसके चलते वो अलग कमरों में मनपसंद खाना बनवाने की सुविधा सहित रहते हैं, मानो अपने घर में हों."
Sep 7, 2012 Sunanda K Datta-Ray: City of dreadful scams: "Both were worrying long before the CNNGo finding that Delhi is the world’s third worst “scam city” and “full of cons”."
Sep 7, 2012 MCD official put on trial on corruption, cheating charges: "A Delhi court Wednesday ordered trial of an MCD official for allegedly misusing his official position in favouring a five star hotel and not demolishing its unauthorised construction in lieu of monetary benefits."
Sep 7, 2012 ‘Protect ordinary citizens from corrupt officials’: "In India, unfortunately, not only is there corruption at the highest levels, but the ordinary citizen too faces harassment from corrupt petty officials."
Sep 7, 2012 Congress Mob Brutalises Woman Cop in Odisha: "Congress workers chase away a policewoman during a protest over coal blocks allocation in Bhubaneswar."
Sep 6, 2012 Are political rallies being reduced to goondaism?: "Protests over coal blocks allocation turned violent in Odisha when several thousand Congress workers clashed with police."
Sep 6, 2012 After inaction, an outrageous defence: ""Just because the whole country says trip must be cancelled. It cannot be cancelled." If the inaction wasn't infuriating enough, there now comes this outrageous justification for the Karnataka Government's refusal to act."
Sep 6, 2012 बिहार में घात और घपले का सियाह कारनामा: "सरकारी बीमा योजना मुफ़्त में इलाज जैसी राहत देने के बजाय आफ़त बनकर आई."
Sep 6, 2012 Have our MPs brought disrepute to Parliament?: "Members of Parliament from the BSP and the SP come to blows in the Rajya Sabha over the bill for promotion quota for SCs and STs."
Sep 6, 2012 FTN: Do the best talents stay away from a teaching career today?: "Are there simply not enough high quality teachers today both in schools as well as in colleges?"
Sep 6, 2012 Cong workers, police clash near Odisha Assembly: "Over 100 Congress workers and 60 Odisha Police personnel including a lady constable have been injured in the violence in Bhubaneshwar."
Sep 6, 2012 Animals clean 5 lakh toilets, Supreme Court told: "With the government introducing a bill to prohibit employment of manual scavengers in Parliament on Monday, it would be left to animals - pigs and dogs - to clean dry toilets in the rural areas.", "of a total 24.6 crore households in India, over 26 lakh toilets were termed insanitary as they discharged excreta directly into open drains (13.14 lakh toilets) or were cleaned manually or serviced by animals (12.91). The census figures showed Delhi had 583 toilets cleaned by manual scavengers and 633 'serviced by animals'"
Sep 5, 2012 NRI businessman offers Rs 1 cr prize for garland of shoes for Raj Thackeray: "London based NRI Anshuman Mishra has offered Rs 1 crore prize money to anyone who puts a garland of shoes on MNS chief Raj Thackrey."
Sep 5, 2012 WB: Vice Principal arrested for beating students: "The Vice Principal hit the students with a fire extinguisher while they were decorating the classroom for the Teachers Day celebrations."
Sep 5, 2012 Jagannath Temple Sevayats: From petty harassment to big time murder: "Harassment and loot of devotees is now passé. A section of the sevayats (servitors) in the holy Jagannath Temple in Puri has now graduated to bigger things: land deals, drug peddling, politics and even murder."
Sep 5, 2012 SP, BSP MPs scuffle in Rajya Sabha over quota: "Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Aggarwal and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: MPs fight, push each other in Rajya Sabha over quota: "SP MP Naresh Aggarwal and BSP MP Avtar Singh Karampuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill."
Sep 5, 2012 Shettar pulls up MLAs holidaying abroad: "Jagadish Shettar has asked a dozen legislators who were holidaying abroad to return home immediately."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: How politicians have shamed India: "Let us take a look at some of the worst performances by our legislators and parliamentarians."
Sep 5, 2012 Railway cop, friend rape 20-year-old in New Delhi station room: "the two accused convinced the victim to come with them to a second-floor waiting room in the VIP arena of the station, near the international tourist information office. They took her to room 201 and raped her there"
Sep 4, 2012 Pune: Police raid a party, face criticism: "Over 300 people, mostly students, were detained in a party where alcohol was allegedly being served without a permit."
Sep 4, 2012 Tucked away in bushes, knives and iron rods: "It is suspected that either a few students or outside miscreants hid the weapons on the premises, in order to create a ruckus when the college reopened after its student elections."
Sep 4, 2012 Akhilesh govt transfers over 400 engineers on party leaders’ orders: "In a move considered unprecedented even by the political benchmarks of Uttar Pradesh, more than 400 junior engineers in the state’s Public Works Department were transferred last month in violation of the Akhilesh Yadav government’s new transfer policy, a majority of them on the recommendation of Samajwadi Party politicians."
Sep 3, 2012 Two ex-ministers convicted in corruption cases in Odisha: CM: "Two former ministers have been convicted in disproportionate assets and corruption cases during last 12 years in Odisha even as the anti-corruption vigilance wing filed chargesheets against 13 ex-ministers and incumbent panchayati raj minister."
Sep 3, 2012 Activists Against Corruption Claim Police Harassment: "Failing to put these blocks up for auction caused India of loss of nearly $34 billion in revenues, according to the country’s chief auditor."
Sep 3, 2012 Department clean chit can't save corrupt from trial: SC: "The Supreme Court has ruled that officials caught taking bribe shall be subjected to criminal trial regardless of in-house inquiry absolving them of corruption charge."
Sep 3, 2012 Tango dances vs drought hit citizens: "After TIMES NOW exposed that the Karnataka MLAs' 'study trip' to South America is nothing but an all expense-paid holiday funded by the tax payers' money, the chorus has grown to call back the MLAs from their trip."
Sep 3, 2012 Kolkata faces dengue outbreak, govt apathetic: "Two patients have succumbed in the past fortnight and government and private hospitals are flooded with dengue patients."
Sep 3, 2012 Encephalitis back in UP, 21 dead in 3 days: "So far, 241 encephalitis deaths have been reported since the beginning of the year."
Sep 2, 2012 Asaram Bapu slaps TV cameraman: "Self-styled spiritual guru Asaram Bapu today suddenly slapped a TV cameraman for ignoring his order to take video of the thousands of devotees assembled at a satsang in Kavi Nagar here."
Sep 2, 2012 Candle march in Jalandhar after girl commits suicide following police harassment: "In Jalandhar, the local traffic police has been assigned an extra duty : catch hold of lovers moving in public. An overzealous lady traffic inspector Balvinder Kaur Multani on August 30 not only caught hold of Shivali with her boyfriend in a car, but asked the local media to capture video images."
Sep 2, 2012 Bangalore Mayor, wife 'landless labourers': "The duo were implicated in a land scam after they filed false affidavits to get 8 acres of govt land meant for landless workers."
Sep 2, 2012 Teacher attempted to rape 15 yr old: "Dalip Kumar, teacher of Government High School in Sigdi, attempted to rape the student under the pretext of helping her with her studies."
Sep 2, 2012 BBC: Indian woman's 24-year fight to prove she is alive: "Asharfi Devi says her husband declared her dead to prevent any claim on his property"
Sep 1, 2012 The DIY Maoist Manual: "How they made their own rockets, rocket launchers, mortars and other weapons. And how they kept improving and improvising."
Sep 1, 2012 Drought in Karnataka, MLAs party: "Showing a complete indifference to the drought back in Karnataka, MLAs from the state have packed their bags and left for a junket to South America."
Sep 1, 2012 One big rubbish island: "So can Bangalore restore its name ‘Garden City’, as opposed to the new nomenclature Garbage City?"
Sep 1, 2012 AP: Men break into govt shelter, abduct women: "Reports indicate that the women were victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation and were kidnapped earlier this morning."
Sep 1, 2012 Karnataka terror probe spreads to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh: "Union Home Secretary RK Singh has said that a major terror strike has been averted."
Sep 1, 2012 Karnataka: New face of terror emerges in probe: "The arrest of young scientists, doctors, journalists and MBA students in connection with the terror plot probe has stunned law enforcement agencies."
Sep 1, 2012 7 functionaries of Asaram Bapu Ashram chargesheeted in kids' deaths: "Abhishek Vaghela (11) and his cousin Dipesh Vaghela (10) went missing from a residential school of the Asaram Bapu's Motrea Ashram in Ahmedabad in April 2008. Their decomposed bodies were later found from the banks of Sabarmati River near the Ashram."
Aug 31, 2012 Punjab govt orders probe into girl’s suicide after humiliation by Jalandhar police: "Shivali was travelling in a car with a boy when they were stopped by the traffic cops at the check-post near the College and publicly humiliated her despite pleading that the two were known to each other."
Aug 31, 2012 Guj riots victims get justice, 1984 killers still free: "In the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, three Congress politicians were named in different FIRs. However, 28 years later, not one has been convicted yet."
Aug 31, 2012 Jharkhand’s stunning seizure: US Army rifle being sold to Maoists: "“Apart from the M16, we found a bulletproof jacket, Rs 28 lakh in cash, live cartridges for AK 56 and 47, mobile phones and imported pistols."
Aug 31, 2012 2 Delhi cops detained for Rs 3cr robbery: "two crime branch cops connived with real estate racketeers and extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by threatening to eliminate him in an "encounter"."
Aug 30, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau trap deputy commercial tax officer: "A deputy commercial tax officer (DCTO) was trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant at his office"
Aug 30, 2012 Lawlessness haunts UP
Aug 30, 2012 Bangalore Police arrest 11 for links with LeT, HuJI: "Those arrested, including a journalist, had plotted to kill a prominent columnist with a Kannada newspaper."
Aug 30, 2012 News 360: 11 arrested in Bangalore with terror links: "Among those arrested are a journalist and a DRDO engineer."
Aug 30, 2012 11 with suspected links to LeT, HuJI held in Karnataka: "city police have arrested eleven persons with suspected links to terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and HuJI and claimed to have foiled their plot to target MPs, MLAs and mediapersons in Karnataka."
Aug 30, 2012 'Rats kill baby in Chennai hospital': "a PIL was filed in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to government to issue proper directions to all government and private hospitals in the state to keep premises of hospitals neat and exterminate pests and animals like dogs, cats and rodents and contamination through them."
Aug 30, 2012 Child pays price for uncle's activism: "Thrashed by 20 goons in Bikaner, Aaina can no longer speak, hear or see-- all because her uncle exposed the role of the village headman in a certain case of corruption. It has been three months since the horrific incident but the perpetrators of this barbaric crime continue to roam free."
Aug 30, 2012 Cops throw 40-yr-old man off train: "The victim, Habbibullah Ataullah Khan, had boarded a suburban train at Kurla to go to Tilak Nagar on August 18 when the four policemen beat him up and pushed him out of the running train. Habbibullah was injured and is being treated at the Sion hospital."
Aug 30, 2012 Bikaner: Whistleblower's 4-yr-old niece attacked: "The uncle of the child, whose nervous system has been damaged, had tried to expose irregularities in MNREGA."
Aug 30, 2012 Uncle exposes MNREGA irregularities, niece assaulted by goons
Aug 30, 2012 Haryana: 2,592 died in road accidents between Jan-July: "In 2008, as many as 4,494 people were killed in road accidents. Last year it was 4,561"
Aug 28, 2012 Bloomberg: Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food: "This scam, like many others involving politicians in India, remains unpunished. A state police force beholden to corrupt lawmakers, an underfunded federal anti-graft agency and a sluggish court system have resulted in five overlapping investigations over seven years -- and zero convictions."
Aug 27, 2012 NDTV's mid-term poll 2012: Is corruption India's biggest problem?
Aug 27, 2012 Rain wreaks havoc in Rajasthan, 36 dead: "The Rajasthan government has promised relief for those who are the worst sufferers, but is it too late?"
Aug 27, 2012 Guj: Rush for cheap house, crowd lathicharged: "Chaos broke out when despite announcements for form disbursement the housing scheme forms had still not been printed."
Aug 27, 2012 जब छात्रों के गढ़ में दिखा छावनी सा माहौल: "उनका कहना है कि फिर से ऐसे छात्र नेता आएंगे जो गुंडागर्दी और ठेकेदारी करेंगे और गलत लोगों को प्रवेश दिलाने से लेकर पास कराने तक के लिए दबाव डालेंगे. आशंका यह आशंका बेवजह भी नही है. ख़बरों के अनुसार चुनाव को लेकर गोरखपुर में तो दो छात्र नेताओं की हत्या भी हो चुकी है."
Aug 27, 2012 Gujarat BJP's housing policy is poor: Congress: "In Ahmedabad, the Police had to resort to lathi charge when a huge crowd waiting to collect forms for cheap houses at the Gujarat housing board got impatient."
Aug 27, 2012 Former Army Chief V K Singh sees corruption 'everywhere': ""Corruption has spread like cancer to eat into the vitals of the country ... It is everywhere,""
Aug 26, 2012 Probe ordered into allegations of corruption in jail: "Katiyar alleged that narcotics trade was on inside the jail. The jail employees were extorting money at various gates ranging from Rs 150 to 1,000 during the meeting of undertrials and their family members."
Aug 25, 2012 Advocate wages 18-year battle for Rs 9 refund from MTNL: "In 1994, an advocate took on MTNL for charging extra service tax on his telephone bill. The case slowly inched forward in the high court and then the Supreme Court, but he didn't give up. Eighteen years later, he got his due: an MTNL refund cheque for Rs 9 that he received earlier in August."
Aug 25, 2012 Shocking corporal punishment in Karnal: "A 15-year-old student was admitted to a hospital after he was allegedly caned 40 times by his teacher. The incident took place after the student failed to answer 2 questions. A police complaint has been lodged against the teacher, who continues to be on the run."
Aug 24, 2012 Police give itself a clean chit in Indore stabbing: "The police claim the victim's family was lying about the timing of the incident; something the family has strongly refuted."
Aug 24, 2012 Garden City Bangalore turning into a garbage dump: "Civic authorities say the backlog of over 10,000 tonnes could take at least two days more to be cleared up."
Aug 24, 2012 Uttar Pradesh: 5 communal riots in 75 days, 7 killed: "There have been five communal riots in Uttar Pradesh in the last 75 days, but no chargesheet has been filed till now."
Aug 24, 2012 The politics of police transfers: "Personal agendas, individual egos and electoral needs will continue to come in the way of competence and good governance while the search for yes men in every position continues."
Aug 24, 2012 Sonia’s constituency to get 5th central varsity in UP: "Rae Bareli also has a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), and recently it was decided that a new AIIMS-like institution will also come up in Sonia's constituency."
Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?"
Aug 23, 2012 Violent UP: Akhilesh proves Mayawati was better: "Uttar Pradesh is slipping into a spiral of caste, communal and campus violence"
Aug 23, 2012 Zero accountability by MP Police: "The Inspector General (IG) of Indore losing her cool with the media upset when confronted with direct questions. What IG Indore Anuradha Shankar is not able to answer is how her police allowed 18 year old Ravi Dangi to die right outside a police station, the Indore police trying to deny this?"
Aug 23, 2012 MP Police apathy kills brave heart?: "Two days after Ravi Dangi was left to die by the Indore police which chose to record his statement first, instead of rushing him to a hospital"
Aug 22, 2012 CCTVs at RTO keep check on corruption: "The installation of 16 CCTV cameras in the licence and record room of the Andheri RTO has worked wonders. Today, there is not a single complaint of record tampering or bogus licence."
Aug 22, 2012 Ravi forced to record statement: "Shocking visuals of Ravi Dandi who was brutally stabbed to death by eve teasers in Indore on Tuesday (August 21) was caught in the camera. Whats worse is that the Madhya Pradesh Police chose to record his statement first before rushing him to the hospital."
Aug 22, 2012 Cash in return for VIP treatment?: "Three warders of Naini Prison were caught on camera accepting money from the daughter of a controversial ruling Samajwadi Party MLA, who is an accused in 2010 bomb attack on a BSP minister"
Aug 22, 2012 Indore man bleeds to death at police station: "The Indore police station insisted that the victim record his statement first. The 40-minute delay cost the man his life."
Aug 21, 2012 Centre sniffs scam in states’ toilet funds: "the 2011 Census has reported that merely 32% Indians use toilets"
Aug 21, 2012 A Long Wait for Freedom From Corruption
Aug 21, 2012 Corrupt politicians control nation's destiny: Team Anna
Aug 20, 2012 Did doctors choose holiday over duty?: "Shocking negligence in Tirupathi. 11 infants reportedly died in 2 days in a Government Hospial."
Aug 20, 2012 6,800 NE people flee Bangalore, Centre warns rumour mongers: "A day after 6,800 people from the northeast left the city by jam-packed trains, the main railway station here was chock-a-block with hundreds from the region eager to return to their homes,"
Aug 20, 2012 Northeast people flee Hyderabad after rumours: "Hyderabad Police Commissioner Tirumal Rao appealed to the people from the Northeast to not panic."
Aug 20, 2012 We fear for our safety, say Northeast students: "The students claim they received SMSes saying they would be targeted in retaliatory attacks."
Aug 20, 2012 Thousands of NE people flee B'lore after rumours: "The Karnataka Home Minister spoke on the station public announcement system appealing to people to not believe rumours."
Aug 20, 2012 राजीव गांधी पर विज्ञापन को लेकर विवाद: "20 अगस्त भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री राजीव गाँधी का जन्मदिन होता है और इस मौक़े पर लगभग हर प्रमुख अख़बार में सरकारी विभागों की ओर से 10 या उससे भी ज़्यादा विज्ञापन देकर उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि दी गई है."
Aug 20, 2012 20 day-old baby girl poisoned to death in Bangalore: "Nandish was upset with the birth of the girl child, as an astrologer had told him that he would die within two months, as his daughter was born during an inauspicious moment. The astrologer is reported to have told Nandish that he would live if his daughter died. "
Aug 19, 2012 Delhi cop arrested for raping 15-year-old girl: "The constable, who has been identified as Insaaf Khan, was posted at Jamia Nagar police station in south Delhi and allegedly raped the eighth standard student."
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Sep 11, 2012 The Globe and Mail: Cartoonist jailed on sedition charges: "An Indian cartoonist detained on sedition charges for his satirical drawings highlighting widespread corruption among India’s political elite has been jailed for two weeks, rekindling a fierce debate on freedom of speech in the world’s largest democracy."
Sep 10, 2012 10 ways how doctors in India loot patients: "I recently had a chat with some doctors, surgeons and owners of nursing homes about the tricks of their trade. Here is what they said 1) 40-60% kickbacks for lab tests."
Sep 10, 2012 Gulags like Gurap: "During her two years at the Gurap home for women, Gayatri Devi saw a friend get murdered, many others die to be clandestinely taken away for burial, children denied milk and enough food, and women made to “pay” electricians and plumbers with their bodies."
Sep 10, 2012 Bizarre Sedition Charge Against Anti-Corruption Cartoonist: "Trivedi has for the moment refused to hire a lawyer and does not intend to apply for bail: "I want to first see how a British-era law like sedition is going to be applied against a cartoonist in free India.""
Sep 10, 2012 Cartoonist's arrest: 'Politicians are creating climate of fear': "Famous cartoonist Hemant Morparia has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi saying that his arrest is a proof of the increasing high-handedness of the state."
Sep 10, 2012 Woman gang-raped by policemen in Uttarakhand: "she was molested by a group of policemen who stopped the car in which she was travelling along with acquaintances in Roorkee's Gangnahar area on Saturday night. Two of the police constables later gang-raped her, she alleged."
Sep 9, 2012 Cartoonist targets corruption, sent to police custody
Sep 9, 2012 Hyde And Seek Dabbu-dabbu-dabbu. That’s Hyderabad talk for how the city’s become the scam capital.: "going by the number of VIPs currently lodged in Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad, the joke is the police will soon be placing orders for gilded plates of biriyani. There are at least 10 “special” prisoners, all accused in various scams—Jaganmohan Reddy, of course, remains the star visitor, followed closely by industrialists, bureaucrats, a former minister and now judges as well."
Sep 9, 2012 After men, society raped me, again and again: "While seeking justice, rape victims battle a system that is often prejudiced against them at every step."
Sep 9, 2012 गर्भाशय कांड: जवाब ढूंढती सरकार..: "हालांकि कुछ प्रभावित ग्रामीण इलाक़ों में घूमते हुए ज़्यादातर लोगों से मैंने यही सुना कि योजनाओं को लूट से बचाने वाला नहीं, लूट मचाने वाला ज़्यादा ताक़तवर हो गया है."
Sep 9, 2012 जेल में हैं तो क्या हुआ, हम वीआईपी हैं...: "वकीलों ने उन्हें अदालत से विशेष कैदी का दर्जा दिलवाया है जिसके चलते वो अलग कमरों में मनपसंद खाना बनवाने की सुविधा सहित रहते हैं, मानो अपने घर में हों."
Sep 7, 2012 Sunanda K Datta-Ray: City of dreadful scams: "Both were worrying long before the CNNGo finding that Delhi is the world’s third worst “scam city” and “full of cons”."
Sep 7, 2012 MCD official put on trial on corruption, cheating charges: "A Delhi court Wednesday ordered trial of an MCD official for allegedly misusing his official position in favouring a five star hotel and not demolishing its unauthorised construction in lieu of monetary benefits."
Sep 7, 2012 ‘Protect ordinary citizens from corrupt officials’: "In India, unfortunately, not only is there corruption at the highest levels, but the ordinary citizen too faces harassment from corrupt petty officials."
Sep 7, 2012 Congress Mob Brutalises Woman Cop in Odisha: "Congress workers chase away a policewoman during a protest over coal blocks allocation in Bhubaneswar."
Sep 6, 2012 Are political rallies being reduced to goondaism?: "Protests over coal blocks allocation turned violent in Odisha when several thousand Congress workers clashed with police."
Sep 6, 2012 After inaction, an outrageous defence: ""Just because the whole country says trip must be cancelled. It cannot be cancelled." If the inaction wasn't infuriating enough, there now comes this outrageous justification for the Karnataka Government's refusal to act."
Sep 6, 2012 बिहार में घात और घपले का सियाह कारनामा: "सरकारी बीमा योजना मुफ़्त में इलाज जैसी राहत देने के बजाय आफ़त बनकर आई."
Sep 6, 2012 Have our MPs brought disrepute to Parliament?: "Members of Parliament from the BSP and the SP come to blows in the Rajya Sabha over the bill for promotion quota for SCs and STs."
Sep 6, 2012 FTN: Do the best talents stay away from a teaching career today?: "Are there simply not enough high quality teachers today both in schools as well as in colleges?"
Sep 6, 2012 Cong workers, police clash near Odisha Assembly: "Over 100 Congress workers and 60 Odisha Police personnel including a lady constable have been injured in the violence in Bhubaneshwar."
Sep 6, 2012 Animals clean 5 lakh toilets, Supreme Court told: "With the government introducing a bill to prohibit employment of manual scavengers in Parliament on Monday, it would be left to animals - pigs and dogs - to clean dry toilets in the rural areas.", "of a total 24.6 crore households in India, over 26 lakh toilets were termed insanitary as they discharged excreta directly into open drains (13.14 lakh toilets) or were cleaned manually or serviced by animals (12.91). The census figures showed Delhi had 583 toilets cleaned by manual scavengers and 633 'serviced by animals'"
Sep 5, 2012 NRI businessman offers Rs 1 cr prize for garland of shoes for Raj Thackeray: "London based NRI Anshuman Mishra has offered Rs 1 crore prize money to anyone who puts a garland of shoes on MNS chief Raj Thackrey."
Sep 5, 2012 WB: Vice Principal arrested for beating students: "The Vice Principal hit the students with a fire extinguisher while they were decorating the classroom for the Teachers Day celebrations."
Sep 5, 2012 Jagannath Temple Sevayats: From petty harassment to big time murder: "Harassment and loot of devotees is now passé. A section of the sevayats (servitors) in the holy Jagannath Temple in Puri has now graduated to bigger things: land deals, drug peddling, politics and even murder."
Sep 5, 2012 SP, BSP MPs scuffle in Rajya Sabha over quota: "Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Aggarwal and Bahujan Samaj Party MP Avtar Singh Karimpuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: MPs fight, push each other in Rajya Sabha over quota: "SP MP Naresh Aggarwal and BSP MP Avtar Singh Karampuri pushed each other in the Rajya Sabha while fighting over the SC/ST Quota Bill."
Sep 5, 2012 Shettar pulls up MLAs holidaying abroad: "Jagadish Shettar has asked a dozen legislators who were holidaying abroad to return home immediately."
Sep 5, 2012 Watch: How politicians have shamed India: "Let us take a look at some of the worst performances by our legislators and parliamentarians."
Sep 5, 2012 Railway cop, friend rape 20-year-old in New Delhi station room: "the two accused convinced the victim to come with them to a second-floor waiting room in the VIP arena of the station, near the international tourist information office. They took her to room 201 and raped her there"
Sep 4, 2012 Pune: Police raid a party, face criticism: "Over 300 people, mostly students, were detained in a party where alcohol was allegedly being served without a permit."
Sep 4, 2012 Tucked away in bushes, knives and iron rods: "It is suspected that either a few students or outside miscreants hid the weapons on the premises, in order to create a ruckus when the college reopened after its student elections."
Sep 4, 2012 Akhilesh govt transfers over 400 engineers on party leaders’ orders: "In a move considered unprecedented even by the political benchmarks of Uttar Pradesh, more than 400 junior engineers in the state’s Public Works Department were transferred last month in violation of the Akhilesh Yadav government’s new transfer policy, a majority of them on the recommendation of Samajwadi Party politicians."
Sep 3, 2012 Two ex-ministers convicted in corruption cases in Odisha: CM: "Two former ministers have been convicted in disproportionate assets and corruption cases during last 12 years in Odisha even as the anti-corruption vigilance wing filed chargesheets against 13 ex-ministers and incumbent panchayati raj minister."
Sep 3, 2012 Activists Against Corruption Claim Police Harassment: "Failing to put these blocks up for auction caused India of loss of nearly $34 billion in revenues, according to the country’s chief auditor."
Sep 3, 2012 Department clean chit can't save corrupt from trial: SC: "The Supreme Court has ruled that officials caught taking bribe shall be subjected to criminal trial regardless of in-house inquiry absolving them of corruption charge."
Sep 3, 2012 Tango dances vs drought hit citizens: "After TIMES NOW exposed that the Karnataka MLAs' 'study trip' to South America is nothing but an all expense-paid holiday funded by the tax payers' money, the chorus has grown to call back the MLAs from their trip."
Sep 3, 2012 Kolkata faces dengue outbreak, govt apathetic: "Two patients have succumbed in the past fortnight and government and private hospitals are flooded with dengue patients."
Sep 3, 2012 Encephalitis back in UP, 21 dead in 3 days: "So far, 241 encephalitis deaths have been reported since the beginning of the year."
Sep 2, 2012 Asaram Bapu slaps TV cameraman: "Self-styled spiritual guru Asaram Bapu today suddenly slapped a TV cameraman for ignoring his order to take video of the thousands of devotees assembled at a satsang in Kavi Nagar here."
Sep 2, 2012 Candle march in Jalandhar after girl commits suicide following police harassment: "In Jalandhar, the local traffic police has been assigned an extra duty : catch hold of lovers moving in public. An overzealous lady traffic inspector Balvinder Kaur Multani on August 30 not only caught hold of Shivali with her boyfriend in a car, but asked the local media to capture video images."
Sep 2, 2012 Bangalore Mayor, wife 'landless labourers': "The duo were implicated in a land scam after they filed false affidavits to get 8 acres of govt land meant for landless workers."
Sep 2, 2012 Teacher attempted to rape 15 yr old: "Dalip Kumar, teacher of Government High School in Sigdi, attempted to rape the student under the pretext of helping her with her studies."
Sep 2, 2012 BBC: Indian woman's 24-year fight to prove she is alive: "Asharfi Devi says her husband declared her dead to prevent any claim on his property"
Sep 1, 2012 The DIY Maoist Manual: "How they made their own rockets, rocket launchers, mortars and other weapons. And how they kept improving and improvising."
Sep 1, 2012 Drought in Karnataka, MLAs party: "Showing a complete indifference to the drought back in Karnataka, MLAs from the state have packed their bags and left for a junket to South America."
Sep 1, 2012 One big rubbish island: "So can Bangalore restore its name ‘Garden City’, as opposed to the new nomenclature Garbage City?"
Sep 1, 2012 AP: Men break into govt shelter, abduct women: "Reports indicate that the women were victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation and were kidnapped earlier this morning."
Sep 1, 2012 Karnataka terror probe spreads to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh: "Union Home Secretary RK Singh has said that a major terror strike has been averted."
Sep 1, 2012 Karnataka: New face of terror emerges in probe: "The arrest of young scientists, doctors, journalists and MBA students in connection with the terror plot probe has stunned law enforcement agencies."
Sep 1, 2012 7 functionaries of Asaram Bapu Ashram chargesheeted in kids' deaths: "Abhishek Vaghela (11) and his cousin Dipesh Vaghela (10) went missing from a residential school of the Asaram Bapu's Motrea Ashram in Ahmedabad in April 2008. Their decomposed bodies were later found from the banks of Sabarmati River near the Ashram."
Aug 31, 2012 Punjab govt orders probe into girl’s suicide after humiliation by Jalandhar police: "Shivali was travelling in a car with a boy when they were stopped by the traffic cops at the check-post near the College and publicly humiliated her despite pleading that the two were known to each other."
Aug 31, 2012 Guj riots victims get justice, 1984 killers still free: "In the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, three Congress politicians were named in different FIRs. However, 28 years later, not one has been convicted yet."
Aug 31, 2012 Jharkhand’s stunning seizure: US Army rifle being sold to Maoists: "“Apart from the M16, we found a bulletproof jacket, Rs 28 lakh in cash, live cartridges for AK 56 and 47, mobile phones and imported pistols."
Aug 31, 2012 2 Delhi cops detained for Rs 3cr robbery: "two crime branch cops connived with real estate racketeers and extorted Rs 1.25 crore from him by threatening to eliminate him in an "encounter"."
Aug 30, 2012 Anti-Corruption Bureau trap deputy commercial tax officer: "A deputy commercial tax officer (DCTO) was trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while he was taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant at his office"
Aug 30, 2012 Lawlessness haunts UP
Aug 30, 2012 Bangalore Police arrest 11 for links with LeT, HuJI: "Those arrested, including a journalist, had plotted to kill a prominent columnist with a Kannada newspaper."
Aug 30, 2012 News 360: 11 arrested in Bangalore with terror links: "Among those arrested are a journalist and a DRDO engineer."
Aug 30, 2012 11 with suspected links to LeT, HuJI held in Karnataka: "city police have arrested eleven persons with suspected links to terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and HuJI and claimed to have foiled their plot to target MPs, MLAs and mediapersons in Karnataka."
Aug 30, 2012 'Rats kill baby in Chennai hospital': "a PIL was filed in the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to government to issue proper directions to all government and private hospitals in the state to keep premises of hospitals neat and exterminate pests and animals like dogs, cats and rodents and contamination through them."
Aug 30, 2012 Child pays price for uncle's activism: "Thrashed by 20 goons in Bikaner, Aaina can no longer speak, hear or see-- all because her uncle exposed the role of the village headman in a certain case of corruption. It has been three months since the horrific incident but the perpetrators of this barbaric crime continue to roam free."
Aug 30, 2012 Cops throw 40-yr-old man off train: "The victim, Habbibullah Ataullah Khan, had boarded a suburban train at Kurla to go to Tilak Nagar on August 18 when the four policemen beat him up and pushed him out of the running train. Habbibullah was injured and is being treated at the Sion hospital."
Aug 30, 2012 Bikaner: Whistleblower's 4-yr-old niece attacked: "The uncle of the child, whose nervous system has been damaged, had tried to expose irregularities in MNREGA."
Aug 30, 2012 Uncle exposes MNREGA irregularities, niece assaulted by goons
Aug 30, 2012 Haryana: 2,592 died in road accidents between Jan-July: "In 2008, as many as 4,494 people were killed in road accidents. Last year it was 4,561"
Aug 28, 2012 Bloomberg: Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food: "This scam, like many others involving politicians in India, remains unpunished. A state police force beholden to corrupt lawmakers, an underfunded federal anti-graft agency and a sluggish court system have resulted in five overlapping investigations over seven years -- and zero convictions."
Aug 27, 2012 NDTV's mid-term poll 2012: Is corruption India's biggest problem?
Aug 27, 2012 Rain wreaks havoc in Rajasthan, 36 dead: "The Rajasthan government has promised relief for those who are the worst sufferers, but is it too late?"
Aug 27, 2012 Guj: Rush for cheap house, crowd lathicharged: "Chaos broke out when despite announcements for form disbursement the housing scheme forms had still not been printed."
Aug 27, 2012 जब छात्रों के गढ़ में दिखा छावनी सा माहौल: "उनका कहना है कि फिर से ऐसे छात्र नेता आएंगे जो गुंडागर्दी और ठेकेदारी करेंगे और गलत लोगों को प्रवेश दिलाने से लेकर पास कराने तक के लिए दबाव डालेंगे. आशंका यह आशंका बेवजह भी नही है. ख़बरों के अनुसार चुनाव को लेकर गोरखपुर में तो दो छात्र नेताओं की हत्या भी हो चुकी है."
Aug 27, 2012 Gujarat BJP's housing policy is poor: Congress: "In Ahmedabad, the Police had to resort to lathi charge when a huge crowd waiting to collect forms for cheap houses at the Gujarat housing board got impatient."
Aug 27, 2012 Former Army Chief V K Singh sees corruption 'everywhere': ""Corruption has spread like cancer to eat into the vitals of the country ... It is everywhere,""
Aug 26, 2012 Probe ordered into allegations of corruption in jail: "Katiyar alleged that narcotics trade was on inside the jail. The jail employees were extorting money at various gates ranging from Rs 150 to 1,000 during the meeting of undertrials and their family members."
Aug 25, 2012 Advocate wages 18-year battle for Rs 9 refund from MTNL: "In 1994, an advocate took on MTNL for charging extra service tax on his telephone bill. The case slowly inched forward in the high court and then the Supreme Court, but he didn't give up. Eighteen years later, he got his due: an MTNL refund cheque for Rs 9 that he received earlier in August."
Aug 25, 2012 Shocking corporal punishment in Karnal: "A 15-year-old student was admitted to a hospital after he was allegedly caned 40 times by his teacher. The incident took place after the student failed to answer 2 questions. A police complaint has been lodged against the teacher, who continues to be on the run."
Aug 24, 2012 Police give itself a clean chit in Indore stabbing: "The police claim the victim's family was lying about the timing of the incident; something the family has strongly refuted."
Aug 24, 2012 Garden City Bangalore turning into a garbage dump: "Civic authorities say the backlog of over 10,000 tonnes could take at least two days more to be cleared up."
Aug 24, 2012 Uttar Pradesh: 5 communal riots in 75 days, 7 killed: "There have been five communal riots in Uttar Pradesh in the last 75 days, but no chargesheet has been filed till now."
Aug 24, 2012 The politics of police transfers: "Personal agendas, individual egos and electoral needs will continue to come in the way of competence and good governance while the search for yes men in every position continues."
Aug 24, 2012 Sonia’s constituency to get 5th central varsity in UP: "Rae Bareli also has a National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), and recently it was decided that a new AIIMS-like institution will also come up in Sonia's constituency."
Aug 24, 2012 The Last Word: What is happening to India?: "Parliament paralysed, reforms postponed, grid failures and scams, mass killing and an exodus - What's happening to India?"
Aug 23, 2012 Violent UP: Akhilesh proves Mayawati was better: "Uttar Pradesh is slipping into a spiral of caste, communal and campus violence"
Aug 23, 2012 Zero accountability by MP Police: "The Inspector General (IG) of Indore losing her cool with the media upset when confronted with direct questions. What IG Indore Anuradha Shankar is not able to answer is how her police allowed 18 year old Ravi Dangi to die right outside a police station, the Indore police trying to deny this?"
Aug 23, 2012 MP Police apathy kills brave heart?: "Two days after Ravi Dangi was left to die by the Indore police which chose to record his statement first, instead of rushing him to a hospital"
Aug 22, 2012 CCTVs at RTO keep check on corruption: "The installation of 16 CCTV cameras in the licence and record room of the Andheri RTO has worked wonders. Today, there is not a single complaint of record tampering or bogus licence."
Aug 22, 2012 Ravi forced to record statement: "Shocking visuals of Ravi Dandi who was brutally stabbed to death by eve teasers in Indore on Tuesday (August 21) was caught in the camera. Whats worse is that the Madhya Pradesh Police chose to record his statement first before rushing him to the hospital."
Aug 22, 2012 Cash in return for VIP treatment?: "Three warders of Naini Prison were caught on camera accepting money from the daughter of a controversial ruling Samajwadi Party MLA, who is an accused in 2010 bomb attack on a BSP minister"
Aug 22, 2012 Indore man bleeds to death at police station: "The Indore police station insisted that the victim record his statement first. The 40-minute delay cost the man his life."
Aug 21, 2012 Centre sniffs scam in states’ toilet funds: "the 2011 Census has reported that merely 32% Indians use toilets"
Aug 21, 2012 A Long Wait for Freedom From Corruption
Aug 21, 2012 Corrupt politicians control nation's destiny: Team Anna
Aug 20, 2012 Did doctors choose holiday over duty?: "Shocking negligence in Tirupathi. 11 infants reportedly died in 2 days in a Government Hospial."
Aug 20, 2012 6,800 NE people flee Bangalore, Centre warns rumour mongers: "A day after 6,800 people from the northeast left the city by jam-packed trains, the main railway station here was chock-a-block with hundreds from the region eager to return to their homes,"
Aug 20, 2012 Northeast people flee Hyderabad after rumours: "Hyderabad Police Commissioner Tirumal Rao appealed to the people from the Northeast to not panic."
Aug 20, 2012 We fear for our safety, say Northeast students: "The students claim they received SMSes saying they would be targeted in retaliatory attacks."
Aug 20, 2012 Thousands of NE people flee B'lore after rumours: "The Karnataka Home Minister spoke on the station public announcement system appealing to people to not believe rumours."
Aug 20, 2012 राजीव गांधी पर विज्ञापन को लेकर विवाद: "20 अगस्त भारत के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री राजीव गाँधी का जन्मदिन होता है और इस मौक़े पर लगभग हर प्रमुख अख़बार में सरकारी विभागों की ओर से 10 या उससे भी ज़्यादा विज्ञापन देकर उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि दी गई है."
Aug 20, 2012 20 day-old baby girl poisoned to death in Bangalore: "Nandish was upset with the birth of the girl child, as an astrologer had told him that he would die within two months, as his daughter was born during an inauspicious moment. The astrologer is reported to have told Nandish that he would live if his daughter died. "
Aug 19, 2012 Delhi cop arrested for raping 15-year-old girl: "The constable, who has been identified as Insaaf Khan, was posted at Jamia Nagar police station in south Delhi and allegedly raped the eighth standard student."
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